swan dive

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swan dive
Noun
  • This system must alert your personnel to unauthorized changes or tampering across your scripts and security-impacting HTTP headers.
    Ed Leavens, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Messi nearly delivered a third goal for his club and second for him in the 99th minute on a header off a cross from Suarez, but Blake smothered the attempt.
    Andre Fernandez, Miami Herald, 30 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • He belly flopped onto the ice in ecstasy and relief before he was mobbed by his teammates, and then the game stopped to celebrate the greatest goal scorer who ever lived.
    Chris Jones, The Atlantic, 6 Apr. 2025
  • Since then, each Celtics road trip of four games or longer has given way to a similar belly flop at home.
    Jay King, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1,400 points, marking a 3.5 percent drop.
    Aris Folley, The Hill, 7 Apr. 2025
  • The stock market has opened to another drop on Monday, following last week's historic selloffs, with the S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq Composite all down around 4 percent in early trades.
    John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The spill was contained to an agricultural field in the area, and no people or structures were impacted, but the cause for the rupture was not immediately known.
    Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 8 Apr. 2025
  • The North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality said in a news release that its personnel were responding to the spill and would oversee remediation efforts.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The formula features slip modifiers that reduce surface friction along the hair shaft, plus sugarcane extract to reduce frizz.
    Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Sleek and Stylish: For a sleek, on-trend look, pair a slip dress or satin number with equally sleek running sneakers.
    Ruhama Wolle, Glamour, 3 Apr. 2025
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“Swan dive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swan%20dive. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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